Cuba will start this Tuesday at the World Junior Championships in Athletics

A total of 13 athletes will represent Cuba starting this Tuesday at the World Youth Athletics Championships in Tampere, Finland. The delegation is led by the talented Jordan Diaz, a triplet with very interesting results for his age.

Diaz, on April 17, was strongly promoted and is the only one of its modality with marks of more than 17 meters. The specialists declared that they had everything to beat the world record of the event (17,50) of the German Volker May, since June 23, 1985.

At the moment, the big athlete has 17.41 and is badured this Tuesday at a press conference that does not feel under pressure. "I'm just going to jump as I always do: I leave my mind empty for anything other than running my jump."

The rest of the group is composed of the cuatrocentista Roxana Gómez and the heptalonista Adriana Rodríguez, as well as the jumper Maikel Vidal, the disciple Silinda Morales and the hammam Amanda Almendáriz

Lester Lescay will also be present, also in the long jump, Yaritza de la Caridad Martínez (hammer throw), Miguel Davirac (release of the disc), the triplist Davisleidys Velazco, the disciple Melany Matheus and the hammer Miguel Zamora

The first to compete for the l '; Island will be Vidal and Lescay, respectively in gold and silver, a year ago at the World Cadet Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The tournament has the participation of 158 nations.